Advertising and display device



T. MATHEWS, DECD.

A- MATHEWS AND H. BUCKINGHAM, ADMINISTRATOR'S.

ADVERTISING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12, I921. 1,421,277, PatentedJune 27, 1922.

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ADVERTISING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1921.

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THOMAS MATHEWS, DECEASED, BY ANNIE MATHEWS, OF LEICESTER, AND HARRY BUCKINGHAM, OF LONDON, ENGLAND, ADMINISTRATORS.

ADVERTISING AND DISPLAY DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patgntgd Jung 2}, 1922 Application filed April 12, 1921. Serial No. 460,637.

T 0 (all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANNE Mx'rrrnws and T'TARRY BUOKJNGHAM, subjects of the King of Great Britain, residing at Leices ter, England, and London, England, respec tively, are the duly appointed administrators of the estate of Trroares hflarrrnws, deceased, late a subject of the King of Great Britain, the latter having invented certain new and useful Improvements in ridvertising and Display Devices. of which the following is a specification, reference being had there in to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to advertising and display devices of the kind adapted to fold or collapse to a fiat condition for packing and to open and be self-supporting in an erect position for display.

The present invention comprises an improved form of device of the above mentioned kind wherein a front member stands up in front of a back member on a base, the improvement being in connection with a combined strut for supporting the structure in the display position.

According to the invention, a back member and a front member hingedly attached to a base have combined with them a strut which is vertically hinged to the rear of the front member and works in a slot formed in the back member or back and base members, said strut. when the device is erected, projecting to the rear thereof to form a support therefor and having a notch or equivalent to engage with the back member and maintain it erect.

When the device is collapsed; the front and back members lie close together and the strut folds down upon the rear of the back member.

In the accompanying drawings two specific forms of display devices are shown as examples of the invention.

Referring to the drawings Figure 1 is a back view of one device shown in the folded or collapsed condition.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the device- Figure 5 is a side View of the same in erected condition. y

Figure 6 is a sectional plan on the line 5-5 of Figure 4 the device being shown reversed and in erected form. V

In the concrete example shown in Fig ures 1, 2 and 3, a flat back member 1 of suitable shape is hingedly united at 2 to the rear edge of a fiat base 3 so that by turn ing the latter down, the two parts can be brought into alignment, or by raising the base it can be brought at right angles relatively to the back as shown in Figure 2. Hingedly attached at 4 to the upper face of the base 3 and situated some distance away from the back member 1 is a flat front member 5 adapted, when the device is erect-- ed to stand upright in front of and parallel to the back member. When the base and back are flattened out, the front 5 lies with its back against the face of the back member as shown in Figure 1.

A strut 6 consisting of a piece of flat card board and attached by a vertical hinge 7 to the back of the front member 5, is shaped so that its free end forms a foot 8 at the lower extremity while on its upper edge it has an upstanding shoulder 9 (Figure 1) in front of which a short vertical slot 10 is made. The strut extends through a vertical slot 11 in the back member 1. the upper end 12 of which slot is adapted to be engaged with the slot 10 in the strut 6 by a downward movement of the back after the latter has been moved rearward to the extent determined by the shoulder 9 on the strut 6. To collapse the device, the back member 1 is moved upwards to disengage it from the strut and is then moved forward to bring the back, base 3 and front member 5 to the flat condition after which the strut 6 is turned down to one side on the back as shown in Figure 1. V

The slot 11 in the back member 1 is continued into the base 3 as shown at 11 (Figures 1 and 3) tov enable the folding or collapsing movements of the back and base members to take place.

The constructional embodiment shown i Figures 4 to 6 is generally similar to the one just described the back member 13 being hinged to a base 14 at 15, to which base is also hingedly attached at 16 a front member 17. In this case however, two struts 18 are hinged vertically at 19 on the front member l7 and extend through an opening 20 in the back 13 which opening is continued into the base 14:. The struts have upstanding projections 21 formed on their upper edge at the rear.

When the device is flattened out as shown in Figure 4, the back 13 and front member 17 lie close together, the base 14- being in alignment with the back and the two struts 18 turned down flat'upon the aligned back and base. To open and erect the device, it is held by the back 13, which when the lower edge of the base rests upon a table or other support,- is pressed downwards thereby turning the base to a position. at right angles to the back and front members and throwing the latter in advance of-the back as shown in Figures 5 and 6. The two struts are drawn partly through the opening 20 and assume divergent positions to support the device while the projections 21 maintain the back 13 from falling rearwards.

The members composing the device may be got up in any appropriate style. For example, the members 1,, 5, 1.3, and 17 may have, upon their front faces, representations of articles of merchandise or the like which it is desired to display or advertise, or these members maybe shaped and printed to represent such articles. 7

What is claimed is 1. A display device of the kind herein referred to, comprising, a base, a back member and a front member hingedly attached to the base, and a strut vertically hinged to the rear of the front member and arranged to Work in a slot or opening formed in the'base and back member, said strut when the device is erected projecting to the rear thereof to forma support therefor'and engaging witl the back member to maintain it erect.

2. A display device of the kind herein referred to, comprising, a base, a back memher and a front member hingedly attached to the base, a strut vertically hinged to the rear of the front member and arranged to work in a slot-or opening formed in the base and back members, said strut when the device is erected projecting to the rear thereof to form a support therefor, and a shoulder on the strut to engage the back member and prevent it falling rearwards from the up right position.

8. A display device of the kind herein referred to, comprising, a base, a back member and a front member hingedly attached to the base, a pair of struts vertically hinged to the 

